Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The New York Yankees blow a late lead after a long rain delay

The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Texas Rangers on Monday night or early Tuesday morning as the game
didn't end until almost 3AM Eastern time.The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the
final score was 9-6.The rain had been
steady since about the fourth inning and they kept playing through it until the
ninth inning when the tarp was put on with a man on first and no outs and a 3-1
count to the batter.The delay was so
long that the Yankees lost their closer and Kirby Yates had to pitch and he was
terrible.Ivan Nova started for the
Yankees and wasn't very good but the Yankees offense did some damage in this
game.

Nova pitched five innings giving up
six hits and four runs.He walked three
and struck out four.Richard Bleier
pitched a perfect inning, Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning with a
strikeout and Andrew Miller pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run and he
struck out the side.Aroldis Chapman
gave up a walk and a run without recording an out and Yates lost his first game
of the season pitching an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a
couple of strikeouts.

Chi Chi Gonzalez pitched five
innings giving up ten hits and five runs with two walks and two
strikeouts.Luke Jackson pitched 1 1/3
innings giving up four hits and a run, Tony Barnette pitched 1 2/3 innings
giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts and picked up his fifth win of
the season.Sam Dyson pitched an inning giving
up a hit and he walked one and earned his 16th save of the season.

Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew
a walk, Brett Gardner had two hits and Carlos Beltran had three hits and drew a
walk.Brian McCann had a hit, an RBI and
drew a walk, Mark Teixeira had three hits and an RBI and Starlin Castro had two
hits and an RBI.Didi Gregorius had
three hits and an RBI, Chase Headley had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and
Aaron Hicks had an RBI.Gregorius hit a
double and Teixeira hit a homerun.The
Yankees were 5-19 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on
base.Gregorius and Ellsbury each had a
stolen base.Teixeira committed an
error.

Shin-Soo Choo had two hits and two
RBI, Ian Desmond had a hit and two RBI and Nomar Mazara had a hit.Adrian Beltre hada hit and two RBI, Prince
Fielder had a hit and drew a walk and Roughned Odor had a hit and an RBI.Elvis Andrus had a hit, two RBI and drew a
walk.Mitch Moreland had a hit, Robinson
Chirinos drew two walks and Mazara and Choo each hit a double. Desmond hit a homerun and the Rangers were
4-14 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.Choo and Andrus each had a stolen base.

Desmond hit a solo homerun in the
first giving Texas a 1-0 lead.In the
second Headley hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.In the bottom of the second Hicks hit an RBI
ground out to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead.Desmond hit an RBI groundout in the third to tie the game at two.In the bottom of the third Castro hit an RBI
single giving the Yankees back the lead at 3-2.Choo hit a two run single in the fourth giving the Rangers a 4-3
lead.In the fifth McCann hit an RBI
single to tie the game at four.In the
bottom of the fifth Gregorius hit an RBI single giving the Yankees a 5-4
lead.Teixeira hit a solo homerun in the
seventh to extend the lead to 6-4.In
the eighth Odor hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-5.In the ninth Beltre hit a two run single
giving the Rangers a 7-6 lead and then Andrus hit a two run single to extend
the lead to 9-6 which would be the final score.The game was delayed at 10:40PM and not resumed until 2:15AM and ended
at roughly 2:45AM.It was a pretty
bizarre night into early morning.

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